I’ve still got a couple larger quilt tops on the go, but this past weekend I needed a quick hit. Something new. Something fast. Something fun.

Burton and I pulled something I’ve had on the “to make” list for quite a while. This fun penguin panel with some coordinating fat eights.

The panel was large – a full yard – so it wasn’t going to take much to make a decent sized baby blanket. Which was good, because 6 fat eights really don’t go that far.

It didn’t take long for us to formulate a plan and several hours later, we had a completed baby quilt top.

It’s nothing fancy as you can see – just partial borders of flying geese. I really do love this technique for framing panels. It doesn’t matter if you do one, two, or three partial borders. It always looks great! I got lucky and had the perfect shade of solid grey in the stash for the background. (This one is a little lighter than the grey I used on the chickadees).

I’ve got some adorable, almost perfectly matching flannel for the back. And some wee stars for the binding. It will be a while before you see this one quilted – there’s no plans to head to Mom’s until I have at least a few more tops finished.